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Webster 1913 Edition
Anglesite
An′gle-site
,Noun.
[From the Isle of
Anglesea
.] (Min.)
A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
Definition 2024
anglesite
anglesite
See also: anglésite
English
Noun
Anglesite
anglesite (countable and uncountable, plural anglesites)
- (mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO4, formed by the weathering of galena.
- 1862 Sir Edward Cadogan - Before the Deluge: Memories and Reflections
- A curious form of anglesite was noticed in a specimen from Durango, Iowa
- 1862 Sir Edward Cadogan - Before the Deluge: Memories and Reflections
Translations
crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate
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References
- ↑ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951
- ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997